diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7474856791..43462819fb 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "6.17.0"
+  ".": "6.18.0"
 }
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index b0a4b73067..37aed8fc09 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [6.18.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v6.17.0...v6.18.0) (2025-07-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **NODE-6865:** deprecate transaction getters ([#4567](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4567)) ([da46aea](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/da46aeafe857f0bbfe8935abb497ff8c92f692ca))
+* **NODE-6991:** deprecate unintentionally public client metadata types ([#4566](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4566)) ([ca6554b](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/ca6554b203595cd195ea80b24b1bb662d88abee9))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **NODE-6589:** background task does not prune idle connections when minPoolSize=0 ([#4569](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4569)) ([7cbb641](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/7cbb641f848993788f5d11812518d1e360df1d53))
+* **NODE-6955:** add missing `wallTime` property TS change stream event interfaces ([#4541](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4541)) ([f153c6f](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/f153c6f3df8c7c440af3bc0f862a30c53f9c5fc8))
+
 ## [6.17.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v6.16.0...v6.17.0) (2025-06-03)
 
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0c26601538..423e5a100c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "6.17.0",
+  "version": "6.18.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "mongodb",
-      "version": "6.17.0",
+      "version": "6.18.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@mongodb-js/saslprep": "^1.1.9",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cf9a474a86..8ccac4a0fb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "6.17.0",
+  "version": "6.18.0",
   "description": "The official MongoDB driver for Node.js",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "files": [